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Jharkhand Health Minister Irfan Ansari connected Saturday (December 20, 2025) said helium has offered a occupation with a ₹3 lakh monthly salary, a authorities flat, and a desired posting to a pistillate doc from Bihar pursuing the hijab contention during the organisation of assignment letters.
Mr. Ansari alleged that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar tried to demean the hijab and the Muslim assemblage by removing the veil of a woman.
"I person invited the pistillate doc to Jharkhand and offered her a occupation with a ₹3 lakh monthly salary, a flat, a desired posting, and afloat security," helium told reporters successful Jamtara.
"The mode a doc and a pistillate was humiliated and treated with indecency by pulling her hijab is not simply an onslaught connected 1 idiosyncratic but a nonstop battle connected quality dignity, honour and the Constitution itself," helium said.
The incident, a video clip of which has been circulated wide and sparked a large governmental row, took spot connected Monday (December 20, 2025) astatine the Chief Minister's Secretariat successful Patna erstwhile Ayush doctors had gathered to person their letters of appointment. When the pistillate came up for her letter, Mr. Kumar saw her hijab, said "what is this?", and past removed the veil.
Meanwhile, a societal idiosyncratic filed a constabulary ailment against Mr. Kumar implicit the incident, an serviceman said connected Saturday (December 20).
Mohammad Murtaza Alam, on with immoderate villagers, submitted the ailment to the Itki constabulary presumption connected Thursday (December 18, 2025), helium said.
Manish Kumar, officer-in-charge of Itki constabulary station, told PTI that the ailment was filed based connected a video purportedly showing Mr. Nitish Kumar pulling disconnected the hijab of the pistillate doctor.
